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The Knife, Neutral Timberlake And The French Connection
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach
Just as it appeared that Iceland Airwaves’ giant lineup couldn’t get any more packed with big name international acts (see:…
Seven Icelandic Elf Songs
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach
In keeping with this issue’s theme…“Álfareiðin” (“The Elf Ride”) “Álfareiðin” is one of Iceland’s most beloved elf-themed songs, and is…
Parties Of The North
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach
Following a tremendously successful All Tomorrow’s Parties festival (ATP), the organisers have announced the headliner for next year’s fest, indie…
Straumur: Best Of Music
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach
It’s That Time Of Year…Best album: GusGus’s ‘Mexico’ The greats of Icelandic dance music, GusGus, have yet to slip up…
The Festival Season Has Commenced
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach
StraumurBy the time this paper comes out we will be up and away at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark enjoying…
Never Ending Never
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach
We still can’t shake the smile off our faces after seeing a fantastic Pixies concert at Laugardalshöll on June 11. They…
Planet Of Sound
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach
The great summer of concerts begins with a bang on June 11 with the legendary American indie band Pixies playing…
Is Charm Something You Can Hoard?
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach
Ft. Prins Pólo, Mar and VAR We’ve had Prins Póló’s second LP, `Sorrí,’ on repeat since it came out on…
The Music Festival Season Is Upon Us
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
The first couple of months of the year are usually pretty uneventful music-wise, but the upcoming Sónar festival later this…
Not Too Shabby
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
A lot of great albums were released this year and the best one, in our humble opinion, came early in…
Surfing The Airwaves
by Davíð Roach Gunnarsson and Óli Dóri
We have to start by mentioning what a blast we had at the Iceland Airwaves festival. Some highlights from the…
Ten Bands To Catch At Airwaves 2013
Straum.is has been active since last summer, with writers Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach documenting the local music scene and…
Five Years On: What Happened? What Did We Learn?
The 2008 collapse of the Icelandic banks has already generated some myths. One is that the Icelandic banking sector was…
Autumn Horror
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
To begin with, the band Two Step Horror—duo Þórður Grímsson and Anna Margrét Björnsson—have just released two new songs on…
It’s A Celebration!
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
Every once in a while we like to indulge in a bit of shameless self-promotion and we are doing so…
Strange Beasts Bárujárn And Árni-related News
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
The group Bárujárn is a strange beast indeed, a dark surf rock group with a twist; their tunes feature the…
Sigur Rós: Kveikur
It’s hard to believe. Yet—Sigur Rós is turning twenty. And age takes its toll: Kjartan Sveinsson, keyboard and all-around player,…
Parties of Tomorrow And Yesterday
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
Keflavík is the birthplace of the Icelandic rock-scene with bands like Hljómar sprouting up there in the late ‘60s. Unfortunately,…
It Wouldn’t Be A Grapevine Party Without…Some Music Of Course!
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
It’s been ten years since the first copy of Grapevine saw the Icelandic midnight sun and that certainly calls for…
A Boom-tastic Concert Year
by Davíð Roach Gunnarsson and Óli Dóri
The Boom Years are finally back… when it comes to the import of popular foreign music! Local music lovers still…
The Hair Of The Dog
It didn’t really come as a surprise when our new Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson decided to form a coalition…